‘I love Shane MacGowan. He’s the ultimate ... one of the last punks’
Musician and film-maker Don Letts on Shane MacGowan, The Clash and being black in Britain
American graffiti: new biography sheds light on the art of Keith Haring
Simon Doonan intentionally sought to reflect ‘the crazy energy’ of Haring’s 1980s New York
Anarchy in the UK: Brexit, Billy Bragg and punk rock
The protest singer tells the Irish Times politics podcast punk was about solidarity, not Brexit-style masochsim
How Pete Shelley and the Buzzcocks invented indie
The Manchester band’s first release reshaped pop music. With no industry support, they pressed and sold the EP themselves, and kickstarted a revolution
Fintan O’Toole: Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s Brexit
The UK’s decision to leave the EU is like living through the anarchy of punk all over again
Grease at 40: I can no longer hate the film I despised in 1978
Donald Clarke: Resistance is futile to the singalong tunes and the unstoppable Travolta
Looking for an answer to the national question
This month sees Ireland’s national theatre playing in London, and its British equivalent coming to Dublin
Time to check your record collection – there may be a masterpiece on the sleeve
Writer and art historian Francesco Spampinato explores collaborations between musician and artists in his new book Art Record Covers
Anarchy in the UK: ‘£5m’ of Sex Pistols mementoes to be burnt
Malcolm McLaren’s son says will destroy hoard on 40th anniversary of debut single
Jefferson Hack: ‘The future of fashion is full of jeopardy’
Hack, whose magazine Dazed became a counterculture style bible, talks about fashion, journalism, technology and his collaboration with Nasa
Allen Klein: The ‘rogue’ businessman who fought rock royalty
Klein was known as the man who broke up the Beatles and robbed the Stones. Was there more to it than that?
The Devil’s Spine Band: ‘a Mariachi bar in Mullingar’ crossed with Oscar Wilde’s west
The group’s latest performance is inspired by Wilde’s 1882 trip to lawless Leadville
Vivienne Westwood opens up about punk, politics and McLaren
The pioneering fashion designer reveals some hard truths that chime with her motto, ‘the living deserve respect, the dead deserve the truth’. Malcolm McLaren does not come out of it well
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE...
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Family NoticesOpens in new window
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices